Reticulate evolution of reticulate animal color patterns

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K14593
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Biodiversity/Systematics
Research Institution	Osaka University
Principal Investigator	MIYAZAWA Seita 大阪大学, 生命機能研究科, 助教 (10377905)
Research Collaborator	SUŠNIK BAJEC Simona University of Ljubljana DJURDJEVIČ Ida University of Ljubljana
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	パターン形成 / 模様パターン
Outline of Final Research Achievements	To elucidate the variety of animal color patterns and their underlying mechanisms, we focused on the possible associations between cryptic and complex reticulate color patterns and reticulate evolutionary events such as genetic introgression and hybridization. Comparative genomics and color pattern analyses of reticulated animal species and their related species with distinct color patterns have brought new insights into the relationships between color patterns and phylogenetic patterns.

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